Subject: Re: [sv-bc] Fwd: RE: Slice with unpacked arrays
From: Dave Rich (David.Rich@synopsys.com)
Date: Tue Feb 04 2003 - 14:13:46 PST
Kevin Cameron x3251 wrote:
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>Are you including assignment in declarations?
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Yes. Anywhere an unpacked assignment is legal
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>If your LHS is a packed struct/array can you still tell?
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Yes. The RHS can only be an unpacked concat if the LHS is unpacked. So a
packed LHS implies that the RHS is a packed concat.
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>Would it be easier to say all unpacked concatenations need to be cast?
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Yes, for the tool developer.
No, for the end user.
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>>Unpacked concatenations are not legal on the LHS of an assignment statement. (Making them legal would introduce ambiguities, plus casting on the LHS is not legal)
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